Texas State Senator

Dan Patrick 2011 - 82nd Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB946

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB947

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/28/11  
Introduced
2/24/11  
Voted on by Senate
5/3/11  
Refer
3/8/11  
Out of House Committee
5/20/11  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain criminal investigators of the United States and to other federal law enforcement personnel.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR14

Introduced
2/3/11  
Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR12

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/5/11  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR20

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of commercial or industrial real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 110 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR21

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR27

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR36

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district for maintenance and operations purposes all or part of the appraised value of a residence homestead.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR49

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or a religious organization's free exercise of religion.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR7

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SR35

Introduced
1/19/11  
Introduced
1/19/11  
Enrolled
1/19/11  
Enrolled
1/19/11  
Passed
1/19/11  
Honoring the victims and heroes of the Arizona shooting.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SR503

Introduced
3/14/11  
Introduced
3/14/11  
Enrolled
3/14/11  
Enrolled
3/14/11  
Passed
3/14/11  
Commending the Patriot Guard Riders on their commitment to supporting the families of veterans and active-duty military members.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB975

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
5/9/11  
Introduced
2/25/11  
Voted on by Senate
5/11/11  
Refer
3/8/11  
Out of House Committee
5/19/11  
Report Pass
5/9/11  
Voted on by House
5/25/11  
Engrossed
5/11/11  
Governor Action
6/17/11  
Refer
5/11/11  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Report Pass
5/18/11  
Enrolled
5/25/11  
Enrolled
5/25/11  
Relating to the operation of dropout recovery programs by certain public junior colleges in partnership with school districts.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR1

Introduced
11/8/10  
Introduced
11/8/10  
Refer
2/2/11  
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, affirming that the right to keep and bear arms was reserved to the states, and providing that all compulsory federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
2/17/11  
Introduced
12/2/10  
Voted on by Senate
2/23/11  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment.